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Prep Polls: McKenzie, Milan, Westview all No. 1; South Fulton 8th
TSWA/USA Today Prep Football Poll NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced football rankings after Week 6 on Monday. Top 10 teams in each of the six Division I classifications and Top 5 in three Division II classes were selected by TSWA members and USA Today writers with first-place votes…
Read MoreFCS Poll: Tennessee Tech moves up to 11th
The FCS conference schedule is arriving at the right time because more teams are already in mid-season form. A season-high 10 conferences are represented in the new Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, including Harvard as the first Ivy League entrant at No. 25. Additionally, defending Southern Conference champion Mercer – a part of two…
Read MoreTitans lose 10th straight
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Cam Ward knew it had been a long time since the Tennessee Titans had won after Sunday’s loss to the Texans dropped them to 0-4 and extended their skid to 10 games going back to last season. But the No. 1 overall pick wasn’t sure how…
Read MoreTide jumps to 10th, Vols stay put at 15th
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Oregon moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, Mississippi earned its highest ranking since 2015, Alabama jumped back into the top 10 and Virginia was in the Top 25 for the first time in six years in the wake of a…
Read MoreSimpson leads Alabama past Georgia
By The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Westview standout Ty Simpson passed for 276 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score as No. 17 Alabama held on late to beat No. 5 Georgia to hand the Bulldogs their first home loss in six years. Alabama (3-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) has won…
Read MoreTROY CELEBRATES BICENTENNIAL
TROY CELEBRATES BICENTENNIAL — Troy alderman Chris Jones (from left) and Mayor Mark Watson lowered a time capsule into a hole at City Park, while (continuing from third from left) alderman Kristi Scarborough, vice mayor Lana Carson, Obion County Mayor Steve Carr, Troy city manager Bryant Cruce and (far right) Jim Polk looked on. The…
Read MoreTO THE RESCUE
TO THE RESCUE — Obion County Rescue Squad longtime personnel officer Freddie Preuett checks over the unit’s new crash truck, a 2024 Ford F550, which replaces a truck that was totaled when it was hit Sept. 22, 2023, while the squad was on the scene of a wreck on the Ken-Tenn Highway. The new truck…
Read MoreMilan new No. 1 in 2A; South Fulton still 9th in 1A
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced football rankings after Week 4 on Monday. Top 10 teams in each of the six Division I classifications and Top 5 in three Division II classes were selected by TSWA members and USA Today writers with first-place votes in parentheses and total points…
Read MoreFCS Top 25 Poll
The other FCS conferences must be glad about the arrival of the Missouri Valley Football Conference schedule. Somebody has to knock off the MVFC teams, even if it has to come from within the conference. With Youngstown State’s entry at No. 24 this week, the MVFC has a season-high seven teams ranked in the Stats…
Read MoreSkyhawks, Racers lose
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — UT Martin’s third Football Bowl Subdivision opponent of the early 2025 season proved to be too much as the Skyhawks dropped a 42-10 decision at Missouri State on Saturday night. In their first season participating in Conference USA, the Bears (2-2) scored 21 points in the first quarter en route to a…
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